Fish was surprised; he hadn't contemplated that sentence.
With 22 hours a day spent on lockdown, he has plenty of time to contemplate the sentence that may await him.
As Justice Konviser-Levine contemplated the sentencing, she received letters from some of the defendants, their relatives, friends and supporters of the Sandy family and the public.
Justice Patricia M. DiMango, of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, spoke of sleepless nights while contemplating a sentence.
But I promise to page you as soon as I get done, okay?" Koenig contemplates the sentence, "Sorry I couldn't stay".
Here's the thing (and in the interest of full disclosure, I have now gotten up seven times as I contemplate this sentence, leaving the room for such distractions as petting the dog, getting water, watching some "Sports Center and checking for mail).
As he contemplated a prison sentence on Monday, he must also contemplate a new future, having confided in friends that he does not plan to pursue any further career in politics.
Asking jurors to pull switches may be going too far, but jurors contemplating death sentences should be aware of the nature of the punishment they recommend.
Shortly after the prisoner, Bobby Lee Ramdass, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1992 murder, the Supreme Court ruled, in an unrelated case from South Carolina, that jurors contemplating a death sentence must receive such information at the defendant's request.
The abolition of short sentences is not contemplated.
